Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald presents Oregon National Guard Staff Sgt. Steve Tessitore with the Bronze Star and Purple Heart medals at the Center for the Intrepid, Brooke Army Medical Center, Dec. 19, 2014. Tessitore was shot in the neck while conducting a security patrol in Afghanistan, Nov. 14, 2014. ( Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/Released)

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